Oberwald
E432633
Oberwald is a Swiss alpine village in the canton of Valais, known as a gateway to high mountain passes and scenic railway routes in the upper Rhône valley.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Oberwald canonical | 4 |
| Oberwald portal | 1 |
| Simplon Dorf | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4062055 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Oberwald Context triple: [Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn, routeTerminus, Oberwald]
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A.
Oberegg
Oberegg is a Swiss municipality in the canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden, known for its rural landscape and location in the Appenzell region.
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B.
Selzach
Selzach is a Swiss municipality located in the canton of Solothurn, known for its rural character and proximity to the Jura Mountains.
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C.
Fiesch
Fiesch is a Swiss alpine village in the canton of Valais, known as a gateway to the Aletsch Glacier region and a base for skiing, hiking, and other mountain activities.
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D.
Kandersteg
Kandersteg is a Swiss mountain village and popular tourist resort known for its scenic alpine landscapes, hiking trails, and access to Lake Oeschinen.
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E.
Bettlach
Bettlach is a Swiss municipality located in the canton of Solothurn.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Oberwald Target entity description: Oberwald is a Swiss alpine village in the canton of Valais, known as a gateway to high mountain passes and scenic railway routes in the upper Rhône valley.
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A.
Oberegg
Oberegg is a Swiss municipality in the canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden, known for its rural landscape and location in the Appenzell region.
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B.
Selzach
Selzach is a Swiss municipality located in the canton of Solothurn, known for its rural character and proximity to the Jura Mountains.
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C.
Fiesch
Fiesch is a Swiss alpine village in the canton of Valais, known as a gateway to the Aletsch Glacier region and a base for skiing, hiking, and other mountain activities.
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D.
Kandersteg
Kandersteg is a Swiss mountain village and popular tourist resort known for its scenic alpine landscapes, hiking trails, and access to Lake Oeschinen.
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E.
Bettlach
Bettlach is a Swiss municipality located in the canton of Solothurn.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
settlement
ⓘ
village ⓘ |
| administrativeStatus | village within the municipality of Obergoms ⓘ |
| climate | alpine climate ⓘ |
| country | Switzerland ⓘ |
| formerMunicipalityOf | canton of Valais NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNearbyFeature |
Furka Pass summit area
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Grimsel Pass summit area NERFINISHED ⓘ Rhône glacier area ⓘ |
| hasRailwayConnection |
Furka Base Tunnel
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Furka Oberalp line NERFINISHED ⓘ Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRoadConnection |
national road over Furka Pass
ⓘ
national road over Grimsel Pass ⓘ |
| hasTouristAttraction | Furka steam railway (heritage line terminus nearby) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTransportConnection |
Furka Pass
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Grimsel Pass NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
alpine tourism
ⓘ
gateway to high mountain passes ⓘ hiking ⓘ scenic railway routes ⓘ winter sports ⓘ |
| language | German ⓘ |
| locatedAtElevation | about 1360 metres above sea level ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Goms
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
canton of Valais NERFINISHED ⓘ upper Rhône valley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInContinent | Europe ⓘ |
| locatedInCountrySubdivision | district of Goms ⓘ |
| locatedInMountainRange | Alps NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | Swiss Alps NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone |
Central European Summer Time
ⓘ
Central European Time ⓘ |
| locatedNear | source of the Rhône ⓘ |
| locatedNearRiver | Rhône NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mergedInto | Obergoms NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | municipality of Obergoms NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfTouristRegion | Goms region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| postalCode | 3999 ⓘ |
| primaryEconomicActivity |
agriculture
ⓘ
tourism ⓘ |
| servedBy |
Glacier Express
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
regional trains of Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn ⓘ |
| tourismType |
hiking tourism
ⓘ
mountain tourism ⓘ ski tourism ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Oberwald Description of subject: Oberwald is a Swiss alpine village in the canton of Valais, known as a gateway to high mountain passes and scenic railway routes in the upper Rhône valley.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Simplon Dorf
this entity surface form:
Oberwald portal